WELCOME TO WORLD GEOGRAPHY MR. S. WNOROWSKI / ROOM 252 UPCOMING
ACTIVITIES 1.COYOTE BOOK Ch. 3 & 4 Notes Check & Quiz:
1/8(A) 1/9(B) 2.AFRICA Ch. 18 Reading: 1/12(A) 1/13(B) 3.Introduce
Africa Travel Project: 1/8 & 1/9 4.MAP QUIZ: 1/15 (B) &
1/16 (A)
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TODAYs AGENDA 1.Warm-up: Africa 2.Preview activity: Discuss
what you know 3.Discovery: Unit Atlas 4.Processing: Religion Sketch
Map 5.Exit Ticket
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JOURNAL ACTIVITY: What do know about African peoples? Read:
There is always something new out of Africa. Pliny the Elder (23 AD
- 79 AD), Natural History Reflect & Write: In one sentence,
journal - What do know about African peoples?
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PREVIEW Classroom Discussion Time Limit: 8 Minutes -
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PREVIEW Classroom Discussion Todays Issues in Africa
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DISCOVERY Prt.1: Physical Geography P. 402 1. Compare Africas
size and population to that of the United States. Which is larger?
2. How much larger in terms of population and size is Africa
compared to the United States? 3. Compare Africas longest river,
the Nile, to the Mississippi. 4. How much bigger is the Sahara than
the largest desert in the United States? 5. What is the difference
in size between the Sahara and the continental United States?
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DISCOVERY Prt.2: Human Geography p. 404 1. What independent
nations appear on the map of Africa in 1913 and also appear on the
map of Africa today? 2. Which two European powers controlled the
most land in Africa in 1913? 3. Which country controlled the least
amount? 4. Which countries in Africa today formed French West
Africa in 1913? 5. Which three African countries emerged from
colonialism with the most territory?
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DISCOVERY Prt.3: Regional Patterns P. 406 1. Where are most of
the people in Africa living? 2. In what areas of Africa are the
fewest people living? 3. What geographic factors may account for
these population patterns? 4. What are Africas most populated
Cities? 5. How do the percentages of Muslims compare to the
christians?
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DISCOVERY Prt.3: Regional Patterns P. 407 6. What do you notice
about the number of languages in Africa? 7. Do they belong to one
language group or several? 8. Of the Language groups which ones are
most dominant? 9. Where are they located?
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PROCESSING MAP ACTIVITY Directions: 1)Using the Africa Outline
Map & Africa Maps located in the Unit Atlas on pages 402407 and
throughout Unit 6 t 2)locate the physical and political features
listed on pg. 1 of Map Hand-out. 3)Label them on the accompanying
outline map. 4)Time Limit: 45 Minutes - http://www.online-
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notebook
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PROCESSING MAP ACTIVITY
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EXIT TICKET 1.Directions: Review your Africa Map and answer the
following question 2. Q. The North African countries of Algeria,
Tunisia, Libya and Egypt share a border with the Mediterranean Sea.
What else do they have in common? A. The Nile River travels through
these countries. A. The Nile River travels through these countries.
B. The Great Rift Valley cuts through these countries. B. The Great
Rift Valley cuts through these countries. C. The Sahara Desert is
part of their physical geography. C. The Sahara Desert is part of
their physical geography. D. The Atlas Mountains spread throughout
these countries. D. The Atlas Mountains spread throughout these
countries. 3. Time Limit: 7 Minutes -
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